Versemonger

Taffy

n.

Flattery; soft phrases. →

Hypercritically

adv.

In a hypercritical manner. →

Rumney

n.

A sort of Spanish wine. →

Rimosely

adv.

In a rimose manner. →

Pain

n.

To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. →

Hydride

n.

A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element. →

Fun

n.

Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. →

Hagiographa

n. pl.

The lives of the saints. →

Veratrine

n.

A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina. →

Salisburia

n.

The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia). →

Ramekin

n.

See Ramequin. →

Water barometer

A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height. →